- "hill" and
characteristically ligated to old hill-forts (Tragove, O
Grove <
Ogrobre,
Canzobre < Caranzobre, Cortobe, Lestrove, Landrove, IƱobre, Maiobre.....
- *temeslos >
Welsh tywyll 'darkness').
Other theories. O Grove,
Medieval Latin Ogrobre 912: from
Celtic *ok-ro- 'acute; promontory' and
Celtic *brigs 'hill'....
-
Probably a
Latin and
Celtic hybrid meaning, literally, 'hill-hill'. O
Grove (
Ogrobre, 912 CE): Muni****lity with two
parishes and a town, in a
peninsula by...